as in hood
a hard covering that is worn to protect your head
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Recent Examples of helmet
Minicamp rules are the same as OTAs, which ended last Thursday — players wear jerseys and helmets, but no shoulder pads or live contact is permitted.
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Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
The Horned Frogs will wear a purple helmet with the all-black uniform featuring the Horned Frog mascot holding a four-leaf clover in its mouth.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2026
Weapons, explosives, detonators, work tools, helmets, lighters, matches, smoke bombs, spray cans.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 14 June 2026
Bogaerts had been struck in the back of his helmet by a 94 mph fastball in the fifth inning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2026
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Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
The Horned Frogs will wear a purple helmet with the all-black uniform featuring the Horned Frog mascot holding a four-leaf clover in its mouth.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2026
Weapons, explosives, detonators, work tools, helmets, lighters, matches, smoke bombs, spray cans.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 14 June 2026
Bogaerts had been struck in the back of his helmet by a 94 mph fastball in the fifth inning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helmet
Noun
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The officers cuffed the survivors with plastic restraints, placed hoods on their heads and demanded that no one speak, according to the fishermen.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Elsewhere in Times Square, officers moved in after a crowd began damaging a parked school bus, tearing off part of its hood, CNN’s Mark Morales reported.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
Noun
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Another promotional video for Rededicate 250 blends various Christian and American imagery — scenes of a cross laid on an American flag, a robed choir, people raising their hands in worship — along with a brief scene of a man praying while wearing a Jewish skullcap.—
Peter Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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This pale yellow Gone With the Wind (1939)nightmare, bonnet and all.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 June 2026
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Lucky beachcombers may even come across rarities like Scotch bonnet and moon snails.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
15 June 2026
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Digwa then claimed in bodycam footage released by police that Nowak had grabbed his turban and subjected him to racist abuse.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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Their tender encounter takes place in a grand setting with Stone resting in a chaise lounge in her mansion, outfitted in a robe and turban, looking like Norma Desmond.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
3 June 2026
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Queen Camilla wore a red silk crepe dress by Fiona Clare inspired by the Grenadier Guards uniform, paired with a black Philip Treacy beret featuring a white plume and the regiment's cap badge.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
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Combined with his garb, which could include berets and glasses, Jaimoe was simply one of the coolest-looking guys in music.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
Noun
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This structure was composed of solid bone, unlike the highly porous, pneumatic casques found on some modern birds.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
7 Mar. 2026
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The ornamentation found on the beaks and tops of heads of hornbills are a structure similar to the casque on the cassowary, a bird species found in New Guinea and Australia.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
13 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Nearly every Giant who saw the field wore the cap, but three Giants inscribed a message on their hats, while one player avoided the Pride cap entirely.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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Folarin Balogun is now the second US player to score more than once in a World Cup match, after Bert Patenaude – who happened to score the World Cup’s first-ever hat-trick in the inaugural 1930 edition … against Paraguay, so less.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
Noun
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Quiroz recently began wearing a sombrero.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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With an Opening Day golden sombrero and an 0-for-7 start to the season, there was plenty of reason to be worried about Aaron Judge.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Helmet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helmet. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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